Lorenzo Simonelli (athlete)
Italian hurdler
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Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli (born 1 June 2002) is a Tanzanian-born Italian hurdler European champion in Roma 2024 and vice Indoor World champion at Glasgow 2024 in 60 m hs.[1]
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| Full name | Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Italy: 3 caps (2022-) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 June 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hurdling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | G.S. Esercito | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Giorgio Frinolli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Biography
Born in Dodoma, Tanzania to an Italian father (anthropologist and researcher) and a Tanzanian mother, he moved with his family to Rome at the age of 5.[2]
Career
At the indoor Europeans in Istanbul 2023, credited at the same time as the hundredth of the third place, after the photo-finish check he missed the bronze medal by 5 thousandths of a second.[3]
National records
- 110 metres hurdles: 13.05 (
Rome, 8 June 2024) - current holder
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Time | Notes |
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| 2022 | Mediterranean Games |  Oran |
5th | 110 m hs | 13.59 | PB |
| European Championships |  Munchen |
Heats | 110 m hs | 13.95 | ||
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships |  Istanbul |
4th | 60 m hs | 7.59 | PB |
| European U23 Championships |  Espoo |
2nd | 110 m hs | 13.36 | PB[a] | |
| 2024 | World indoor Championships |  Glasgow |
2nd | 60 m hs | 7.43 | NR |
| European Championships |  Rome |
1st | 110 m hs | 13.05 | NR | |
| 2025 | European Indoor Championships |  Apeldoorn |
Semifinals | 60 m hs | 7.60 | |
| World indoor Championships |  Nanjing |
4th | 60 m hs | 7.60 | [b] | |
| 2026 | World indoor Championships |  Torun |
8th | 60 m hs | 7.52 |
| Grand Slam Track results[4] | |||||
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| Slam | Race group | Event | Pl. | Time | Prize money |
| 2025 Philadelphia Slam | Short hurdles | 110 m hurdles | 5th | 13.55 | US$25,000 |
| 100 m | 3rd | 10.52 | |||
National titles
Simonelli has won five national championships at individual senior level
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 110 m hs: 2023, 2024, 2025
- Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
